Can Your Pastor Answer James Talarico on Abortion?
The Gary DeMar Podcast
Gary DeMar discusses the biblical perspectives and the responsibilities of pastors in addressing controversial issues. He critiques the arguments made by James Talarico, emphasizing the need for a clear understanding of the Bible's stance on abortion and the importance of teaching these principles in churches. The unborn child is considered a human being in biblical texts and pastors should be teaching these topics from the pulpit.
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Are Christians Who Believe Jesus is Coming Soon 'Born Yesterday'?
The Gary DeMar Podcast
Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 113 Using the movie Born Yesterday as an example, Gary discusses the history of prophetic speculation, its inaccuracies, and how to interpret biblical prophecy correctly. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the context and warns against falling for false predictions about the end times.
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Creating a "Just" Society
The Gary DeMar Podcast
Gary responds to a recent article by Christian apologist Greg Koukl about Christians being involved in culture and politics. Koukl strangely recommends not using Scripture to make arguments in moral debates, but instead using "common grace and natural revelation." Gary points out that this is a) nothing new, and b) begging the question because who gets to define what's "common" or "natural"? It's essentially every man for himself. Greg Bahnsen's book, By This Standard, can be found here:
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Know Your Audience
The Gary DeMar Podcast
Gary responds to a recent video clip from Lila Rose about abortion and the morality involved with the abortion debate. Every debate in culture is about much more than defeating the opponent, and Gary shows how he would argue the topic and recommends listeners learn the approach taught by Dr. Greg Bahnsen in his three-volume apologetics series that teaches how to "push the antithesis." Get the Bahnsen series here:
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Why Don't the Literalists Interpret Ezekiel 38-39 Literally?
The Gary DeMar Podcast
Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 112 Gary points out that many Bible prophecy writers, who claim to interpret the Bible "literally," don't actually do so. This is especially true of the so-called Battle of Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38-39. This battle is said to be fought with primitive weapons in ancient countries, with the goal of plundering gold, silver, cattle, and goods. The literalists seldom take these details literally.
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Progressives and Presuppositionalists
The Gary DeMar Podcast
Gary highlights a few "non-negotiables" that he found online from a self-proclaimed "progressive pastor." Apparently, even progressives have limits to their open-mindedness, but this pastor can't appeal to the Bible he claims to believe, or to the "Jesus" he claims to follow, to bolster his own "progressive" agenda.
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Transgenderism Weighed, Measured, and Found Wanting
The Gary DeMar Podcast
Gary weighs, measures, and analyzes the debate over transgender sports with track and field events. His expertise in this sport is both personal and deep. Gary threw the shot put competitively through high school, college, and at the masters' level. He makes it obvious how ridiculous it is to argue that there is no inherent genetic difference between men and women.
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What Did Jesus Mean by "A Long Time"?
The Gary DeMar Podcast
Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 111 Gary answers a recent critic who questions whether he is a Christian. When Jesus says "a long time" in Matthew 24 and 25, does this indicate that He means people thousands of years in the future? Is He actually referring to a completely different audience than the one He was directly speaking to in the first century?
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The Inescapable Fact of Religion
The Gary DeMar Podcast
In this continuation of his first lecture given to a high school class, Gary points out that religion will always exist in society. If a culture does not recognize the biblical God, something else will always take His place. Even atheism is a religion, despite the denials of its adherents.
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The First Principles of Every Debate
The Gary DeMar Podcast
We must always begin with first principles in any debate. In this episode, Gary teaches students how to think about their own assumptions and foundations and why they believe what they claim to believe. Facts are important, but worldview precedes facts and interprets the facts.
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Gary concludes his initial response to Ayo, who claims to have left preterism for dispensationalism. Gary discusses the biblical use of the term "antichrist" and defines what it actually means in the New Testament. Like Ayo, most people today assume it refers to a single person—the Antichrist—but in reality, antichrists were legion in the first century.